[Dawn] At least six people, including a 'commander' of the proscribed Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Liberation Army (BLA), were killed Thursday in an operation by security forces in Kalat district of insurgency-hit Balochistan province, security officials told DawnNews.

A front man for the Frontier Corps (FC) said that an operation was carried out in the Mangochar area of Kalat district Thursday morning.

The front man confirmed that a BLA commander was among six people killed in the offensive. He added that forces had also incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! five people from the area and that a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from them.

The FC front man added that the operation was carried out following directions from the provincial administration.